Total serum bilirubin and risk of cardiovascular disease in the Framingham Offspring Study

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作者
Djoussé, L
Levy, D
Cupples, LA
Evans, JC
D'Agostino, RB
Ellison, RC
机构
[1] NHLBI, Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA USA
[2] Boston Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Biostat & Epidemiol, Boston, MA 02118 USA
[3] Boston Univ, Dept Math, Boston, MA 02118 USA
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10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01494-1
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
The association between bilirubin and cardiovascular disease is controversial. In a prospective study of 4.276 subjects, we demonstrated that a higher concentration of serum bilirubin was associated with lower risk of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular disease in men, but the pattern was not clear in women.
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